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   barefaced

   /ˌbɛːˈfeɪst/

   adjective

   • 1. shameless and undisguised: "a barefaced lie"
   • 2. having an uncovered face: "his years of working barefaced, breathing down dust"

   Derivatives

   • 1. barefacedly adverb
   • 2. barefacedness noun

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   What does bare face mean?

   • 1. with the face uncovered. 2. shameless; brazen: a barefaced lie. 3. without concealment; boldly open. bare′fac′ed•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. 2.

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   When was barefaced first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective barefaced is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for barefaced is from 1600, in the writing of William Shakespeare, playwright and poet. barefaced is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bare adj., faced adj.1

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   What is a barefaced bribe?

   • If masked means hidden, barefaced means unconcealed. If you get caught speeding and reach into your wallet and hand the officer $20, that’s a barefaced attempt at a bribe. Barefaced — or as it's sometimes known, bald-faced — behavior is always bold and sometimes shameless.

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   What is another word for bare face?

   • 1. a. Having no covering over the face. b. Having no beard. 2. Unrestrainedly bold; brazen. See Synonyms at shameless. bare′fac′ed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a barefaced lie?

   • The statement of the capitalistic press, that the workmen yesterday fired first, is a bold, barefaced lie. Where the concealment of a vice is less pernicious than the barefaced publication of it would be, no additional delinquency is incurred in the secrecy.

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   Barefaced can mean not showing any shame or hiding bad behavior, or not wearing any makeup. Learn how to use this adjective or adverb in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   If masked means hidden, barefaced means unconcealed. If you get caught speeding and reach into your wallet and hand the officer $20, that’s a barefaced attempt at a bribe.

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   The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothing he said was of any avail, for the dog answered that he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was the reason his life had been forfeited.